Dictionary entry details
• EXCLUDE (verb)
Meaning:
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
exclude; leave out; omit; except; leave off; take out
Context examples:
The bad results were excluded from the report / Leave off the top piece
Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; get rid of (terminate or take out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):
elide (leave or strike out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
include (consider as part of something)
Meaning:
Prevent from entering; shut out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
keep out; shut out; exclude; shut
Context examples:
The trees were shutting out all sunlight / This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):
keep; prevent (prevent from doing something or being in a certain state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):
curse; excommunicate; unchurch (exclude from a church or a religious community)
lock out (prevent employees from working during a strike)
ostracise; ostracize (avoid speaking to or dealing with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
admit (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)
Meaning:
Lack or fail to include
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages
Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):
lack; miss (be without)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
include (have as a part, be made up out of)
Meaning:
Prevent from entering; keep out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bar; debar; exclude
Context example:
He was barred from membership in the club
Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):
disallow; forbid; interdict; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Put out or expel from a place
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
turf out; eject; chuck out; expel; boot out; kick out; throw out; exclude; turn out
Context example:
The child was expelled from the classroom
Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):
exorcise; exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers)
bump; dislodge; displace (remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied)
bounce (eject from the premises)
show the door (ask to leave)
evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process)
evict; force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
